Tea Culture Links

Good coverage of tea in all aspects from history, preparation and culture. Some interesting 'Korean' perspectives are included. If you visit 'Brother Anthony's' home page (http://anthony.sogang.ac.kr/) there are also some very interesting insights to Korea life and literature.

Video of Sichuan cha yi or tea art. The Sichuan tea performance is quite different to the sedate tea ceremonies of normally associated with Chinese tea art. Performance is the key word! These amazing tea pots or tea kettles are often used to prepare Ba Bao Cha or 8 treasures tea, a mix of 8 ingredients including sugar, spices and fruit.

A well written PDF about the Japanese Tea Ceremony, including some good pictures and explanations of the tea 'tools' and implements used. www.web-japan.org also contains lots of other information and fact sheets about Japan and Japanese culture.

Article about the Japanese Tea Ceremony. A brief introduction which is complemented with additional page including a gallery explaining other aspects of the Japanese Chanoyu including the close ties with art, the specialist tea rooms and more.

A wonderful archive of articles by various well known authors including James Norwood Pratt and Jane Pettigrew on tea's history. Articles include discussions on English afternoon tea traditions, Darjeeling tea's history, review of Lu Yu's Classic of Tea and among many. Teamuse also offers many other great articles and is definitely worth a browse. Teamuse is Adagio Tea's online chat form.